Developmental Milestones/Red Flags Flashcards
Good head control – raises head to
45 when prone, stabilises head when raised to sitting
position
6 wks gross motor
Sit without support, rounded back
6 months gross motor
Straight back sitting
7.5 months gross motor
Stands holding on
9 months
Walking
9-18 months (18m = red flag)
Runs
16 months
Jumps
18 months
Climbs stairs (slowly/2 feet per step)
2 years
Throws ball
2 years
Catches ball
3-4 years
Kicks ball
2.5 years
Climbs stairs like an adult
3 years
Hops on one foot
3 years
Walks downstairs like an adult
4 years
Tracks object/face
6 weeks FM/vision
Palmar grasp
5 months
Transfer hand to hand
6 months
Inferior pincer grip
9 months
Object permanence
9 months
Neat pincer grip
10-12 months
Casting bricks
12 months
Tower of 2 blocks
12 months
Tower of 3 blocks
15 months
Tower of 4 blocks
18 months
Tower of 8 blocks
2 years
Bridge or train of blocks
3 years
Tower of 12 blocks or 3 level steps
4 years
5 level steps
5 years
Puzzles with shape matching
2 years
Turn pages of a book (few at a time if paper)
2 years
Turns pages of a book (one at a time)
3 years
Scribbling
15-18 months
Copies a vertical line
2 years
Copies a circle
3 years
Copies a cross
4 years
Copies a square
4.5 years
Copies a triangle
5 years
Single cuts
3 years
Cuts pieces
3.5 years
Cuts paper in half
4 years
Griffith beads
3 years
Small beads
4 years
Stills or startles at loud noise
6 weeks
Turns head to loud sounds
6 months
Understands bye bye and no
7 months
Babbling (monosylabbic)
6 months
Responds to own name
9 months
Imitates adult sounds
9 months
Shows understanding of basic nouns (e.g. mum, dad)
12 months
Says 3 words
12 months
Points to own body parts
15 months
Points to body parts on a doll
18 months
Shows understanding of nouns (e.g. show me the x)
18 months
Shows understanding of verbs
2 years
2 word combinations (e.g. mum go)
2 years
50+ words
2 years
Shows understanding of prepositions
2.5 years
3-4 word sentences
2.5 years
Understands adjectives
3 years
Understands negatives
3 years
Understands comparatives
3.5 years
Understands complex instructions
(“Before you put x in y, give z to
Mummy”)
4 years
Uses complex narrative / sequences
to describe events.
4 years